Mayor Tommy Battle holds a news conference on Jan. 31 to promote the "Imagine Huntsville" community planning exercise on the future of three historic downtown structures. (Steve Doyle | sdoyle@al.com)

HUNTSVILLE, Alabama - The results of the latest "Imagine Huntsville" community planning exercise will be revealed at a public forum Monday afternoon.

Mayor Tommy Battle and employees from the city's Urban Planning Department will discuss the most popular ideas for East Clinton School, the Annie C. Merts Center and historic Regions Bank building. The event starts at 5 p.m. in the old Regions building, 216 West Side Square.

According to a news release, the Imagine Huntsville team will talk about the cost of bringing those ideas to reality and examine how other cities have re-used their historic buildings. Attendees will also be able to vote on which ideas they like best.

In late January, the city asked people to log onto www.imaginehuntsville.com and make suggestions for the future use of East Clinton School, the Merts Center on Randolph Avenue and the old Regions Building.

Developer Bob Broadway has an option to buy the vacant East Clinton site from the Huntsville school system. He wants to preserve part of the school's Art Deco facade and build about a dozen new homes around it.

The Merts Center, built in 1927, is home to the school system's central office. But the system is planning to relocate the central office to a renovated Butler High School and put the Merts Center up for sale.

The old Regions Bank building has been a fixture on the Courthouse Square since 1835. The stately marble structure was Alabama's oldest continually-operated bank until February 2010, when Regions donated it to the Big Spring Partners downtown redevelopment group.

It is now owned the city's Historical Preservation Authority and maintained by Big Spring Partners.